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DVD ~ Buster Keaton
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  • Actors: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, Frederick Vroom
  • Directors: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
  • Writers: Buster Keaton, Charles Henry Smith, Clyde Bruckman, Al Boasberg, Paul Girard Smith
  • Format: Black & White, PAL, Silent
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Eureka Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 19 Feb 2001
  • Run Time: 120 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000059L8P
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 70,486 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Buster Keaton's career reached its creative apex with this rousing comic adventure. Not merely one of the finest silent films, this remains one of the great film comedies of all time. The Great Stone Face stars as Southern railroad engineer Johnny Gray, a man with only two loves: the sweet Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack) and his trustworthy engine, the eponymous General. When Fort Sumner is fired upon he is one of the first to enlist, but when the war office rejects him (he's too valuable as a trained engineer) his sweetie rejects him as a coward. Johnny has the opportunity to prove his bravery when Yankee spies steal his engine and inadvertently kidnap Annabelle, and Johnny pursues with all the resources at his disposal: handcar, bicycle and finally railroad engine. Keaton's love/hate relationship with technology and machinery shines as he becomes one with his beloved locomotive and wrestles with a finicky cannon that threatens to blow his engine off the tracks; with tremendous dexterity, he nails the humour with inimitably deadpan takes. Spunky Marion Mack makes a perfect partner for Keaton, not merely a foil but a gifted comedienne in her own right. Other Keaton films contain more laughs and inspired comic stunts, but none combines romance, adventure and comedy into a solid story as seamlessly as this silent masterpiece. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com


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Including "The Cops" (18 mins) and "The Balloonatic" (27 minutes)

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!!, 8 Dec 2001
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Buster Keaton was a film maker years ahead of his time, this film proves it. It is, in my opinion, in the top five films ever made, if you don't believe me then watch it yourself.
It is complete perfection, not a slack moment and some stunning stunts by Keaton that take your breath away, every moment is sublime, go on, you know you want it, so treat yourself, you won't regret it.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The General, 29 Jul 2004
By Mr. D. E. Sotheran (rotherham UK) - See all my reviews
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I have watched this film many times. It is without doubt possibly the greatest masterpiece of the cinema illustrating Keatons total control of film making - as writer, actor, director, editor and as a great team leader. The story is excellent, the gags astonishing, the total cinematic control is unbeleivable (it was 1926 after all). The simplest stunts are amazing showing astonishing bravery and perfect timing. It is a film that every one with the slightest interest in cinema should watch for sheer entertainment then study in depth...
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9 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Just about perfect. And makes you cheer for the South, oddly, 31 Oct 2000
This review is from: The General [VHS] [1926] (VHS Tape)
Tragically, this version doesn't have the score rewritten by Carl Davies for the UK's Channel 4 in 1987. The rest is unimprovable. Keaton is utterly vulnerable yet heroic - think Forrest Gump meets Ferris Bueller - yet devoid of the sentimentality that renders Chaplin almost unwatchcable. Another reviewer described this as the best civil war film ever - I'd put it as a tie with Leone's The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. They both blow up bridges, but I'd watch this one with my mum.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Tough to review!
I know of at least two revered guides which rate 'The General' as the best silent comedy of all time. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2004 by Gavin Wilson

4.0 out of 5 stars Black And White?? So what!
OK, its older than ure great grandfather, and its in black and white, but who cares, this little movie had me in stitches for ages. Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars The funniest, most incredible movie ever made!
To think this didn't rate very well during it's original release and is now considered one of the best movie ever from the silent era and the BEST civil war movie ever. Read more
Published on 13 Jun 2000

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